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Connaughton, Williams, Allbright to Join Gov. Bush to Make Major Announcement on Everglades Restoration

MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 13, 2004

Contacts:
Hugh Vickery, 202-208-6416

(WASHINGTON) – James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams, and South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Chair Marti Allbright will join Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at a press conference tomorrow to announce progress on Everglades restoration.

The press conference will be at 9:30 a.m. at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Who:

Florida Governor Jeb Bush
Chairman James Connaughton , White House Council on Environmental Quality
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams
Marti Allbright, special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior

What:

Press conference on Everglades restoration

When:

9:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004

Where:

Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, West Palm Beach, Florida

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